Joy Birkett-Smith

Joy Keys founded The Birkett-Smith Animal Sanctuary a few years ago on her smallholding in Dorset and formalised as a registered charity not long after. She has been rescuing animals, rehabilitating and sheltering them for many years and her experience is extensive. Joy believes that every animal deserves a chance and is a vocal, proactive advocate for the rights of animals.

Suspected bait dog, Mr Beau Jangles, is just one of the animals who has been saved from being put to sleep by The Birkett-Smith Animal Sanctuary. ‘He is battle scarred and has got some complex issues, but is now calm and at peace in the Sanctuary’, said Joy Keys the founder of The Sanctuary.

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